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Adam J. Harrington Posts “Good Night All”, After GH’s Sonny Shoots John “Jagger” Cates
It looks like it’s the end of the line for John “Jagger” Cates (Adam J. Harrington) after his obsession with bringing down Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) got the best of him.
On Friday’s August 30th cliffhanger, while facing off in the rain (Sonny always has climatic moments in the rain! Remember Sonny/Brenda wedding?), Sonny tells Jagger, “You can come after me, but going after my daughter (Kristina) is unacceptable.” Next, Sonny pulls the trigger and shoots Jagger square in the chest. Jagger goes down, and Sonny shoots a second time!
It’s been awhile since we have seen cold-blooded Sonny. Following the airing of the episode, Adam J. Harrington took to social media and shared, “Good Night All” in reference to the apparent death of Cates.
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Adam first appeared on General Hospital back on the Friday, February 2nd episode when the ABC daytime drama series re-introduced the character of Jagger, first played over 30 years ago by Antonio Sabato Jr.
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This new version of Jagger went by the name of John, and as writing regimes changed hands it seemed like the plans for the character may have changed. In the end, Cates was out for revenge about all us on Sonny Corinthos, in particular for what he did years ago by making Karen Wexler a stripper.
So, it would seem John Jagger Cates has met his maker. If that is true, how do you feel about saying goodbye to Adam J. Harrington? Comment below.
Good night all….. pic.twitter.com/fV8qnzqJH1
— Adam J. Harrington (@adamjharrington) August 30, 2024
BYE!
Adam, you played your part very well, I hope Jagger does not die. Instead I hope he comes too not remembering Sonny shot him . Jagger pushed Sonny to his limit, So Jagger needs to stop his venda and move on.
I still have hope that isn’t the real Jagger. But Adam knocked Agent Cates character out of the park. He was a demon-possessed with fury till the end.
Trust me, demons had nothing to do with whatever’s going on with that guy.
He’s going to meet a lot of demons in his new home, of course.
I was thinking bullet- proof vest, but would there still be that much blood? Did Cates just stupidly go to the Q’s to get Sonny, unarmed, expecting him to surrender and just go along with him peacefully? Gee, he was even stupider than I thought.
I guess it would be possible to rig a bullet proof vest with fake blood packs to give the appearance of bleeding out. But that of course leaves you open to the risk that somebody might take a head shot, just to be sure. Which is what I thought was going to happen when Sonny took the second shot, but apparently that was also to the chest area.
Now if this was the ReRon era, I would think the whole thing was staged, Jagger’s not really dead, and “Sonny” was a stand-in with a dumb latex mask on, and there’s a video camera mounted somewhere near the boathouse that filmed this entire episode to set Sonny up on the bogus charge of murdering a Federal agent.
But that’s a stretch, obviously. And who would Jagger get to play the fake “Sonny” in this scenario?
the new writers are screwing this show up-where is Frank?
This incarnation of Jagger/John never caught on with me. The writers definitely toyed around with the character and not in a good way.
Excellent point James. With the name switch, one could consider the 90s character Jagger Cates and the current John Cates – with little connection.
Same could be said for Drew Cain (Miller’s version) and Drew Quartermaine (Mathison’s version). Two very different personas.
I hated the writers changed horses in msinstream. They could have had Cates and Sonny resolve their troubled past. Adam I’d see heavy acting. Justwishtheyhadtturned Cates into a despicable character. Hope he gets more work. Like to see him on a Will Trent or The Rookie.
Lol..nothing ever turns out happily ever after on soaps. I can’t imagine WHY tgey chose to bring Cates back! There was no story for him there…the Karen thing was over 30 years ago, AND Jagger cheated on Karen and broke her heart! With vendetta about Sonny turning her into a stripper was LONG ago and totally irrelevant. Not to mention, Sonny was with Stone through his Aids and Jagger was nowhere to be found. None of this silly storyline rang true.
Calling all the Sonny apologists who make excuses for every crime, every abusive tantrum, every murder. (Sounds like a certain political cult leader and his tribe…)
Frankly, I’ve forgotten all the transgressions, but I do recall Sonny murdering AJ. There is absolutely no growth in this character, no moral center, no rooting value, and yet we see how the GH brain trust endlessly and nauseatingly promotes this flawed character as the show’s leading man…
I would agree if Sonny put 3 bullets in him.. but he’ll get off for it only being 2.
Thank you, GH fan! Funny stuff!
Stop trying to bring real life logic into fantasy story writing. Smh
Right!!!!!
Hear, hear! You’re spot-on, James! Let’s send Sonny to the slammer and focus some stories on him and his fellow inmates at Pentonville!
Thank you, Bill. You have an interesting twist on the matter. Cheers!
Good lord!! You just had to bring Trump into the conversation. STHU!!
Awww. Someone is shaking her head over logic. Isn’t that adorable.
Feels like a bad dream where not much makes sense. Drew barely knew McConkey and wouldn’t need consoling. Nina (the old family friend of McConkey who would have more reason to be upset) was absent during Drew’s speech and still doesn’t know McConkey died. I don’t know what to make of Sonny. My time with GH was pre-Sonny LnL glory days then I began re-watching in 2015. I haven’t seen this cold blooded shooter in Sonny in that time but maybe he existed in the past. I don’t know. Alexis leaving Kristina at the PCPD to visit Sonny rather than just calling him, thereby causing the situation to escalate. Kristina stealing her mom’s keys and fingerprinting her father’s guns……Good grief. Train wreck.
Sonny shot Dante in the chest after learning he was an undercover cop. He shot him, then Olivia walked in and told Sonny he just shot his son. He also shot and killed A.J. Quartermaine.
Wrong on the last part….
He technically “shot” AJ Quartermaine, in the sense that he picked up a gun that had already had the trigger pulled by Ava but it jammed up on her. Who knew that the Jerome family bought their guns at WalMart?? So we can be generous and assign 10% of the blame for the shooting to Sonny as he was holding the gun and aiming it at AJ, whether or not he actually had to pull the trigger.
Of course there’s the mitigating factors that Sonny walked in on a scene where AJ appeared to be strangling Ava. And Sonny at the time believed that AJ had murdered ConKate because she left a confusing message in her own blood.
In any case, the bullet didn’t even kill AJ. He died a week later of a cardiac arrest in his hospital bed. Shortly after Ava was seen in his room convincing herself that AJ had to die before he remembered that she had confessed to him that she had murdered ConKate, in order to preserve her brother Julian’s “Derek Wells” alias.
Drew was acting stupider then usual. As you said he only knew McConkey for a few weeks, acting like he lost dear ‘ole dad, and even stupider Willow, right there to hold his. hand.
Great actor. He made me detest his character, in spite of his gorgeous blue eyes.
Yep…I agree. When they make you hate them, they’re doing a great job. Same with K. Mansi, who plays Kristina. I’m so sick of her character doing the same disappointing behavior that everyone expects of her. If I have to hear “My baby” one more time! Everything she promised her sister went straight out tha window when she decided she wanted the baby for herself. Her excuse that Molly & T.J. arguing and may break up was weak and she knew that! Ugh! We knew the storyline from the minute it was introduced.
Feeling kind of sad the show couldn’t do anything with this historical character other than make him an agent of chaos. A grudge from almost 30 years ago just doesn’t explain his crazy vendetta against Sonny.
Why even bring Jagger back just to kill him off? Why not find another Sonny enemy in law enforcement? So Sonny kills Agent Cates off now what? Does the show bring in Jagger’s kid and little sis to avenge him? The original Stone is probably not happy that Sonny killed his big brother. I am sure the show won’t deal with the Robin fallout either.
Keep thinking there is some crazy twist around the corner. Agent Cates did look rather possessed at the end of his run. And then there is that strange FBI Agent with a wad of money stashed in her designer handbag. Who is she working for – certainly not the FBI. And why would the FBI take Ava up to GH’s version of “The Train Station”? My last question: Who was Agent Cates really working for – who was on the phone that rattled Jagger every time he/she called?
Is it a bit of a coincidence that Holly is showing up next week on the heels of all this havoc with Cates being shot? Holly and Selina Wu had a very nice project they worked on together the last time she was in town. Wondering now if Holly has got her hands back into the cookie jar again. Does she want to take over Port Charles and get rid of Sonny?
AJH was a great asset to the show as Jagger. He constantly held my attention despite how the story may have gone astray. Best Wishes on his future endeavors.
On another note, I’m disappointed that the writers didn’t go with a Who-Dun-It story. So many people wanted Cates to “pay”. Shame.
It could still turn out to be a Who-Done-It, I don’t think Sonny will be advertising the fact that he’s the killer and the gun isn’t his, unfortunately Kristina went to her dad’s apt and took his gun.The one good thing being, that bastard Cates is finally gone.
Hi Miss Violet. I agree with you from an earlier post about how Kristina may have inherited Sonny’s bi polar or other mental illness. I would prefer she see Dr. Collins right now instead of Alexis taking the reins. Every time Kristina seems like she’s gotten more mature we see her backslide. It’s a bit troubling that she can’t just sit still. A:Going to Ava’s to defend to her Dad, only to lose her baby. B:Getting her hands on Sonny’s gun and will probably get blamed now. I like Kristina and I feel bad for Kristina. I root for her. I appreciate a complex character. It has been uncomfortable seeing the ugliness between Kristina, Molly and T.J. though. At this point I think the only way to redemption and forgiveness is through a mental illness diagnosis.
It amazes me that Sonny would be wearing gloves and carrying what is probably an “untraceable” weapon, and yet would shoot a supposed Federal agent on the Q estate where dozens of potential witnesses were present including his own kids, one of whom is a cop.
Maybe he also had a “cleanup crew” waiting in the boat house to get rid of the body before anybody else shows up and notices Jagger is dead?
Seriously, when was the last time this show had a whodunnit?
Wasn’t the Hook storyline a “who’s doing it” ?
I dont’ even know where to begin, is he dead? did sonny outright killed him? are the writers gonna really let sonny get away with murder? I feel the writers screwed up Jagger big time, talk about most ruined character, I mean the actor was great whether they had him playing a good guy or a villain he deliver as an actor but the character was simply ruined royally by the writers. As for Sonny, I swear if the show keeps playing him like the mobster with the heart of gold I’m gonna puke. Sonny is exhausting to watch and so is Kristina, but kudos to the actors, Maurice and Kate M. are doing a great job, their character are a lot to take in and hard to root for.
The most horrible ending of John I really loved him he was so fresh and cute! So sad Sonny will get off again make him pay!
I am so he is gone could not stand him
Great actor.. he made us hate him and want him gone. He’s vendetta was a far stretch, though. For a man wanting a man to pay for having his gf/wife strip, and give her drugs is understandable. But it would have been more acceptable if he didn’t have an affair, and have a child by that person. His wife divorce him over that. If he loved Karen,he would have never cheated on her. He used his brother & an ex wife for his hatred of Sonny. Glad the character is gone.. Good luck to Adam
Thrilled Cates is gone!!!!
The whole Willow and Drew situation is awful… but might as well go for full on disgust and have Michael and Nina hook up !
It’s pitiful he’s sleeping with her mother Nina and Michael is his nephew GH went wrong on this one.
I am sad to bid farewell to my favorite GH character. It feels bitter sweet knowing how much this man gave to his role.He and Maura west had great untapped chemistry What a shame!
I wish you all the best in your future and will be looking forward to see what you do next!
Love it!!!
I have so many questions, but I’ll choose this:
1) which is easier? Voice overs in games or being a visual actor (tv or movies)
I know John Cates wasn’t your first choice, but I originally thought there would have been at least some good chemistry until the Sam/Spinelli spoof. I hate that John’s son lost his father in the process all because as John pointed out, Sonny groomed her. John wasn’t wrong. Cant wait for your next project and you’ll be missed on General Hospital. this fan will miss those blue eyes.
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‘General Hospital’s’ Jonathan Bennett Receives 3 ‘Critics Choice Real TV Awards’ Nominations for Hallmark Series, ‘Finding Mr. Christmas’
Many things are coming up roses for Jonathan Bennett! On the heels of the news that he is set to debut this month in the role of Joe Fitzpatrick on General Hospital, who is rumored to be a new love interest for Lucas Jones (Van Hansis), comes the news that Bennett’s reality series, Finding Mr. Christmas has received 3 nomination for the Critics Choice Real TV Awards.
Bennett’s Hallmark Channel series finds itself in tough competition alongside fellow nominees: RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV), Squid Game: The Challenge (Netflix), Survivor 50 (CBS), Top Chef (Bravo) and The Traitors (Peacock). In addition, Jonathan himself is nominated for Best Show Host and the series participants as the Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series.
The Critics Choice Association (CCA) revealed the nominees for the eighth annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards on Thursday, which recognize excellence in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programming across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms. Winners will be announced online at CriticsChoice.com on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, at 9:00am PT/12:00pm ET.
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Taking to his Instagram to celebrate the nominations, GH’s Bennett, enthused, “3 Critic Choice Nominations! I’m so proud of the FINDING MR CHRISTMAS and to be in the company of all the legends in all these categories is so surreal! Congrats to Hallmark Channel and to our nominated cast and nominated show and everyone who made this magical show possible. This is crazy! This gives FMC 6 Critics Choice nominations in 2 years. Not bad for a little show on Hallmark Channel. What are your thoughts on our show?” Jumping first into the comment thread was one of his new GH co-stars, Dominic Zamprogna (Dante) who expressed, “Yeah buddy!!!🔥🔥”
In the series, Bennett, the host and co-creator spends eight weeks guiding 10 aspiring actors through a series of “festive face-offs” and acting challenges alongside actors like soap opera notables, Hunter King (ex-Summer, Y&R) and Alison Sweeney (Sami, DAYS). Along the way, they develop their skills and a bond with one another. The show, which is available on Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Plus, highlights LGBTQ+ representation with openly gay contestants vying to be the next Hallmark star.
It should be noted that Traitors received the most Critics Choice Real TV Award nominations with 6 nods, followed by Dancing with the Stars with 4.
Bennett is very familiar to daytime fans having started his career as JR Chandler on All My Children in 2000-2001, before landing the part of Aaron Samuels in the motion picture, Mean Girls in 2004 starring Lindsay Lohan, which would become his breakout performance.
You can check out the full list of Critics Choice Real TV Award nominations here.
So, excited for Jonathan Bennett’s General Hospital debut this month? Have you ever watched Finding Mr. Christmas on Hallmark? Let us know via the comment section below.
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‘General Hospital’s’ Kelly Thiebaud on Britt and Cassius Sibling Drama, But Who Will Ultimately Blow His Cover?
On the April 30 episode of General Hospital, Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) had some choice words and warning for her brother Cassius Faison (Ryan Paevey) who has been masquerading as his twin, the very dead, Nathan West.
As the story has unfolded, viewers learned that Britt knew all along that when “Nathan” showed up in Port Charles seemingly resurrected with a missing 7 years of his life unexplained, that Cassius was taking his place.
Now in developments on today’s GH, Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy) is figuring out that this guy pretending to be Nathan is someone else, and Cassius learns from Britt, that Joss is not just a ditzy sorority girl as he claimed, but a WSB agent! The moment stuns Cassius. Are the walls about to close in on him and his charade?
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Daytime Emmy winner, Kelly Thiebaud spoke to Soap Opera Digest, about the story point and getting the opportunity this time back at GH to work with Ryan Paevey, when she hadn’t had the chance to before.
BROTHERLY LOVE?
Thiebaud expressed on sharing scenes with Ryan Paevey, “It’s just been so wonderful to have him back and to actually work with him! When he first came onto the show (as Nathan at the end of 2013) I was kind of heading out — it was right towards the end of my contract, so we didn’t actually work together a ton. It’s been really refreshing and so much fun to really spend time together and get to know each other and work together. I think we have really great on-camera chemistry and banter with each other. I really enjoy working with him.”
With the stakes at an all-time, Thiebaud explained how she views her on-screen alter-ego’s involvement with her more hot-to-temper sibling and why Britt revealed the truth about Josslyn to him. “People finding out about Cassius would expose what she’s involved in and what she agreed to do,” explains Kelly “And now Josslyn is digging around, and she’s connected to Carly (Laura Wright) to Jason (Steve Burton) and that whole dynamic! It’s messy!”
BRITT’S MURKY FUTURE
Britt has currently also reached her breaking point with Jason being carted away by the WSB, Rocco (Finn Carr), the child she gave birth to, shooting Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) to protect her and Jason, Marco (Adrian Anchondo) being killed after trying to help her, and Cullum holding over her head getting her Huntington’s disease medication to control her symptoms, while blackmailing her into finishing the research on her father, Cesar Faison’s, final project. Thiebaud summed it up best for Britt right now, sharing, “It’s been a really tough time for her.”
So, who do you think will be the person to blow Cassius’ cover? Will it be Britt herself? Josslyn? Liesl? Brennan? Nina? Lulu? Rocco, Maxie, Cullum or someone else? Let us know your pick in the comment section.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Michael Reveals His Plan to Set Up Chase and Willow to Have an Affair
After the Wednesday, April 29 episode of General Hospital, it’s clear outside interference and other circumstances are set to blow Chase (Josh Swickard) and Brook Lynn’s (Amanda Setton) marriage sky high, as Michael (Rory Gibson) reveals his plans to entrap Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) and use her relationship with Chase to do it!
In story, Michael dropped by unexpectedly to Carly’s (Laura Wright). A plotting Michael reveals his plan to nudge Willow and Chase into having an affair. Michael hopes it would create both a political and personal scandal, where Willow would lose her seat in congress. In the scenario, she would be having an affair with her ex-husband, while taking care of her supposed disabled husband, Drew (Cameron Mathison), who cannot speak and is confined to a wheelchair, which in turn will look horrible for Willow’s character.
Carly asked does he really want to destroy his cousin, Brook Lynn’s life in the process? Michael goes in on Chase’s holier than thou attitude, and says he is going to set-up the circumstances that would lead Chase and Willow to betray their spouses, and hit the sheets together. Michael swears to Carly what the two of them do is up to them, but he’s going to go on the offense with this.
MICHAEL HAS BACK-UP
Later, Jacinda (Paige Herschell) is talking with Charlotte (Bluesy Burke) at Crimson and how much she dislikes Willow because of what she has done to Michael. Just then, Michael shows up and tells Jacinda privately, he’s figured out a way to fight Willow. Looks like Jacinda might work with Michael to bring down Willow and use Chase as the person to do it!
At the hospital, Lucas (Van Hansis) tells Josslyn (Eden McCoy) that Carly is cheating on Jack, but he doesn’t know with who. Josslyn suddenly flashes back to the moment she found her mother harboring a fugitive, Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart), in her attic, and as figured out that her mother is sleeping with him. She heads out.
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BRENNAN IS ABOUT TO LEARN ABOUT CARLY
Next thing you know, Josslyn has showed up inside Jack’s (Chris McKenna) hotel room at the Metro Court and when he enters his room, he is shocked to find her there. He lays into her for not keeping his distance and that Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) will have no problem killing her if he knows she’s WSB. Josslyn fires back that he is only concerned about that because his relationship with her mother depends on her being safe. But then, she lays the boom, and tells Jack, Well, you’re too late. You already lost her.”
LULU GETS A GLIMPSE OF CASSIUS’ TEMPER
In addition, Lulu (Alexa Havins) sees a different side of “Nathan.” Since she is unaware that the man before her is his twin, Cassius Fasion (Ryan Paevey), he tells her that Rocco (Finn Carr) blabbed that he shot Cullum to Britt (Kelly Thiebaud), and now he thinks they should send him away to stop him from talking to everyone else. This concerns Lulu, who rails at Nathan for telling her what to do with her son and that she isn’t going to abandon him. With “Nathan’s” outburst at her on the matter, will she finally get a clue this is not the man she thinks it is?
So, what do you think of Michael’s plan to push Willow and Chase into an affair? Will it work or backfire? Do you think Joss will reveal that Valentin is the man sleeping with Carly to Brennan, which will send him in a rage? Will Lulu continue to be clueless about “Nathan?” Weigh-in via the comment section below. But first, take a look at the GH video tease for today’s April 30 episode.
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